Obama’s Immigration Announcement and What’s Next

“America cannot wait forever for [the GOP] to act. That’s why today, I am beginning a new effort to fix as much of the immigration system as I can on my own… If House Republicans are really concerned about me taking too many executive actions, the best solution to that is passing bills… pass a bill, solve a problem. Don’t just say no on something that everybody agrees needs to be done. If we pass a bill, it will supplant whatever I’ve done administratively.”

The above quote is the true essence of what Obama said yesterday: a harsh critique of House GOP refusal to act, and a promise of action in the yawning legislative void that Congress has become. This legislation can easily be overridden by Congress if they pass a law: Congressional legislation trumps executive orders, and Obama phrased this as a challenge and invitation to legislate.

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President Trump at Homeland Security for Swearing-In and Executive Orders. President Trump signed two executive orders on immigration including one that calls for the immediate construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.